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Valentine's day! Nanami had been looking forward to it. She wasn't a romantic, not even close, but she saw it as a good chance to meet people she wouldn't otherwise get a chance to talk to. This year she was looking for someone carrying some Jonquil flowers. She had never heard of anything like that before, so she had looked it up online. Wasn't it just a white daffodil? Either way, it should be an easy one to find. She walked into the festival with a small smile. She was excited to see who her date would be~


Trailing far behind was Haruka. She moved quickly and quietly. Her mother didn't know she was there. She would DIE if the woman found out she had signed up for the blind date thing! Luckily for her, she had gotten to the mailbox first, and... well, somehow, she had managed to get all the way here without her mother knowing. She wasn't looking for an actual date or anything. A boyfriend still seemed like too much of a hassle. But she needed to socialize, and now that it was summer break, she needed to take advantage of every opportunity she got! In her arms, she cradled a bouquet of pansies. Urgh, why was she so nervous? She had spent too much time on her hair and makeup and clothes. Her date would surely be able to notice, and if he was like any of the boys at school (she expected one hundred percent that he would be a teenager) he would probably make fun of her.


Mei had come to the Valentine's Day festival once again~ The last one had been so nice, talking to the weird mute girl who wrote in Chinese, that she couldn't let the opportunity pass her by again~ She held a pretty bouquet of gardenia flowers (She knew them as zhi, of course). Oh what luck! She got such lovely flowers this time~ She was so pleased by the whole experience that of course she failed to realize that she wasn't ensured a good date. There was a chance she'd be disappointed, of course!


Shinju felt stupid as she walked to the festival. She was just stir-crazy! That was it! She was just tired of hanging around Kotone all the time and needed to get out and make new friends! Especially since things had been less fun at work, ever since they got arrested. It was just her own behavior that was bizarre, probably. So this was just because she was bored and needed to interact with someone. It had nothing to do with being around a baby all the time and wishing that she had her own or anything! That was silly! But even though she was here just to meet people, she still felt stupid. She wasn't the type to sign up for blind dates, especially since she hadn't even been on that many normal dates! As she made her way to a table, her body language screamed how uncomfortable she was. And the plant she carried, those awful Ophyrus Spiders didn't help either. Why did she get such a freaky looking plant?


Somehow... Alex had shown up again. River was as adamant as usual. However, this time, she hadn't signed up. What was the point, she had said, when she had no interest in dating? And besides, this was for Alex! He needed to make friends! River had friends. She had Zhi, and that was good enough for her! Much like last year, however, she had nearly pushed Alex to the festival the entire walk, and he had a very similar frown on his face. He was looking for a potted ivy, right? He didn't remember. River, however, held his card, so she did. "Ah, I think I see your date," she said lightly. It took Alex a lot not to grimace. So soon? He wasn't good at blind dates. He should have just said no. But it was too late, and soon he found himself being pushed in the direction of a purple-haired girl. "Hey. Ivy?" Alex asked as he walked up to the table. Yeah, he was bad at this. What a stupid question. What else would that plant be?

River smiled to herself, pleased by her "craftiness" yet again. Then, she strolled over to one of the booths selling chocolates for something to snack on~


Rory and Natalia, after having so much fun at the beach, decided that a blind date had the potential to be just as hilarious! Rory was social enough, and didn't mind the idea of meeting someone new. Nat, while the more antisocial of the two, was there simply to see the look on some poor girl's face when she discovered what a loser Rory was~ That, and the two of them did everything together, of course.

Natalia shifted her weight as they stood off at the edge. She held a branch of maple flowers loosely in one hand. "It's not fair!" she whined softly. "Why do I have to stand around and wait? How lame..." Really, she was just complaining for the sake of complaining. Rory grinned at her, but there wasn't much he could say. He just had to keep his eyes open for a Flowering Reed. For his twelfth birthday he had gotten a book on botany, and so thankfully for him, he still remembered what that looked like.

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(Cid) (Andrew) (Emily) (Suzy)

Andrew and Emily walked to the festival, with or without David. Well, it was more like Emily wanted to go 'date' someone (ie; insult them for being pathetic enough to actually need to blind date) and Andrew needed to catch up to David when it came to social situations. Not this one though! David wasn't here yet, thus chickened out. That already made Andrew cooler! Well, Andrew wanted to chicken out, but his sister is rather violent. She was making Andrew carry the Euphorbias. Emily was aimlessly walking around, for whoever was going to hit on her brother to do so, while she found something fun to do. Which she did, in the form of Jean Philip saying; "Erm, vould you mind? It is very...erm 'ow would you say..? Rude. Yes, rude to intrude upons someones dates." She can work with that, the fake accent seemed stupid enough that the person behind it must be just as idiotic.

"He's trying to take your woman." Emily says to Jean, Freja, and Alex. "Are you really going to let this punk a** b***h hit on your woman?" She asked Jean. Suzy walked over, next to Emily, hearing the girl comment on how Alex is trying to take Jean's woman. "You have to duel him for your woman's honor now." She said, wanting to turn this into a sale. She did carry a few sharp objects in case she ran into someone being mugged, to offer the victim a knife to use for low low prices! A man hitting on another man's woman was just asking for a duel, which meant they would need knives to stab each other to death with!
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Cid sat on a bench, sipping his tea. He did much enjoy seeing the couples attempt to court each other. Such an odd thing that he has gained amusement to watch. It even appeared that Suzy was making friends! Though, did she just say 'for only 19.95'?
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"19.95, that's the cost you have to pay for a high quality dagger, if you purchase now, your enemy also receives a dagger for the 'duel to the death' special." She said, holding out two daggers for them to fight with.

"Ach i can not vait.. Ztis ist so excitingt!" Una smiled. She was all dressed up in a cute Lolita outfit. Her hair was up in pigtails as well and she was just adorably.. well adorable. She held onto the Heliotrope boquet she had been sent. She stayed near the entrance to the garden waiting for her blind date with a light smile on her face.
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Hans entered soon after Una, he was wearing his usual garb and after adjusting his glasses his kept an eye out for a Poppy boquet. Would it be a girl this time? Or a male? Either way at least he wasnt carrying the flowers. He wasnt the b***h this time! MWHAHAAHAH! Or at least he thought that in his head. With a smile on his face at his own inner thoughts Hans kept an eye out for his date.
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Jan came in with the Brit Walter. The degenerate male, had his hands in his pockets, a bit of a sour pout on his face because he had been torn away from his porn games. Hell he didnt even remember signing up for this s**t. But here he was! Maybe he would get some pootang like last time. There was a upbeat thought. Now.. to find whoever had Oleander's.
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Walter was just lighting a cigarette, cut down! NEVA!, when he entered the Garden. He took one look to his side and spotted the Everlasting flowers. Held by -wait was that the hairdresser Jan had spoke of?! Oh he was.. unbelievably adorable! Blue hair and eyes, and he jsut had that look of -kidnap and rape me- Not that Walter would ever rape anyone.

The brit dressed in a slightly different garb then usual, approached the blue haired male and took a seat besides him. He watched the man for a moment and put out his cigarette before speaking. "Hello Sir. By chance would those be Everlasting flowers?" Walter asked with a smile. "If they are, then i believe im your date, sir." Walter said with a smile. He then held out a fingerless gloved hand in greeting. "Walter C. Dolones. I believe you've given a few of my friends a makeover, so to say. The Frenchman. And mister loudmouth over there." Walter said as he pointed to Jan, before running his free hand through his own dark locks.

Jack casually walked into the garden, still alittle nervous. He thought a blind date would maybe have him meet someone new and who new. maybe he would hit it off. He was shaking alittle as he looked at his card "Euphorias huh? What in the worlds are Euphorias?!" He asked himself, talking out loud as he stared at the card. He noticed all the chocolate sellers and then hit his forehead "Oh man, How could I be so stupid! I forgot to get some chocolates for my date" He said and sighed "I can just tell that this is going to be a long night but i really hope I'm wrong" Jack then walked over to a chocolate booth and bought a heart shaped box of chocolates, yeah its predictable but oh well. Jack looked around then down at himself, he was surprisingly wearing pants, dress pants he had for special occasions and dress shirt, it was all white and plain. He was looking around for someone he knew, which weren't many people, and hoped someone could tell or show him what Euphorias looked like.

Jan commented loudly. He shook his head and dismissed the thought. "Walter. What the ******** do ******** Oleanders look like? I mean how the ******** am i suppose to ******** find some chick.. i dont know ******** flowers!" Jan half shouted and half whined.
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Walter pointed to Milinda who had just come in. "Those are Oleanders you bloody nitwit." Walter said before he turned back to Kade.
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"What? Oh." Jan said as he spun his head in the direction Walter had pointed. He walked up to Milinda and pointed to the flowers. "Those are ******** Oleanders right? Then im your date! Jan ******** Valentine." Jan said as he smiled and put his hands on his hips in triumph. He really needed to be slapped sometimes.

Mitsuke walked in carrying the bouquet of Witch Hazel. It was all felt so weird, but it was her first chance to meet another girl. She hadn't had any alcohol in the last few hours. She felt it was rather important for her to make a good impression in a situation like this. She stood awkwardly with her bouquet held tightly in her grip. She looked around the area and watched all of the people walk by, wondering who was her date.

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Raiden mumbled under his breath about how dumb blind dates and dates in general were for the fifth time. He stuck his hand into his pocket to pull out his cigarettes, but to also attempt for the least awkward of ways to scratch himself. This was just plain ridiculous, he already didn't want to be hear and he had an itch from hell raging from his groin. He was trying to find someone carrying a bouquet of Heliotrope. He wasn't quite sure what a Heliotrope was exactly, but he was drawn to the nice girl with pigtails (Una), her flowers seemed to be that type. "Heliotropes, right?" He lighted up a cigarette after he inquired her.

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Crimson walked into the area, puffing on his cigarette. All of these dates were getting so stressful for the old man. He glanced around the crowds, making his way to a booth to purchase a heart-shaped box of chocolates before searching for the maple flowers. He soon spotted a young girl with dark brown hair (Natalia) holding the branch he assumed was for him, "Hello, there, miss." She looked so young. Yet another let down. "I'm Crimson Skizo, I believe I am your date." He smiled kindly at her and handed her the chocolates he had just purchased.

"Ach.. ja. zt'ey are." Una said with a light blush, turning to whomever addressed her. Oh he was cute.. but his eyes.. Una had gotten pretty good at reading most people... well those that wore their hearts on their sleeves.. okay so she wasnt that good. Still she could tell this male didnt exactly want to be here.

"I am Una, Una Anderson. Vas ist your name?" Una asked her cute, despite some peoples opinions, German accent lacing her voice. She looked down to the flowers. "Do you vant ztese? I don't know vhat to do vith ztem. Aber i know somevone how vould like ztem." Una said thinking of Dante and then Freja.. both would find good uses for the flowers. Of course she didnt recognize Raiden as Dante's new heart throb. After all the girl was involved with her own things and didnt keep up with all that the twins did.

EDIT: (TO add Jan in)

"Naw.. not that s**t." Jan said as he pulled out his own.. strange cigarette. It was a joint there was no hiding it. "Id rather run high if im destroying my ******** body." Jan laughed. "Alright. Alright. Im going to try and not be a complete a*****e. Smurftastic over there told me not to. Might actually get me the girl in the end." Jan said as he pointed to Kade. He litup the joint and took a long drag before holding in the smoke. Slowly he exhaled it and took a step closer to the woman.

"So.. sorry for all the ******** swearing upfront. Kind of happens when you got s**t ******** parents." Jan said with a laugh. "Anyways. Whatcha wanna do chica? Dinner? Movie? Hey do you play video games?!" Jan asked as his amber eyes lit up and a wide grin appeared on his dark lips. He was still young so of course video games, porn and other such things were his life.